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Malenko -
Samoa Joe reminds me in many ways of Dean Malenko. Malenko was never a tall wrestler, but he was quite big in stature and could fly like anyone. When bought into WCW, he was labelled as a cruiserweight, much like Samoa Joe was labelled an X-Division star upon entering TNA. They both have very similar styles being able to mix in ground and mat work in with a high flying style, and also an arsenal of power and ground moves to work their opponents no matter their style of wrestling. Pure wrestling is something missing in the majority of today's wrestling, and these two could EASILY bring something unique and special to the table.

Bryan Danielson versus Chris Benoit -
Bryan Danielson is another man who reminds me of Dean Malenko. Small in stature, tall in talent. Given the masterpieces Malenko had with the late Benoit, who is to say that Danielson could not have had masterpieces with Benoit given the chance? In my personal opinion, Bryan Danielson is one of the greatest wrestlers in the world today, and given the chance on national television, could easily create amazing dream matches with so many people. This one however stands high above on my list of dream matches. Much like Angle versus Hart, again; what could have been...

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat versus Eddie Guerrero
The Dragon wrestled his retirement before Eddie had hit the mainstream world of television. This unfortunately meant that the king of dream matches, Ricky steamboat, founding father of such masterpieces as with Ric Flair and Randy Savage, was unable to carry out and pass the torch to the future father of dream matches, Eddie Guerrero, famous for such dream matches as the legendary fan-cam match from ECW in 1995 with Dean Malenko, his matches with Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Jushin Liger and more. Both men educated by the styles of the past but familiar with the styles of Japan and the styles of the future, this would undoubtedly have been one for the history books.

Dream matches are what keep the hopes and dreams of wrestling fans alive, they are what keep us watching, waiting and wanting more of. Without the possibility of dream matches and the ones that are actually carried out, just what is the meaning of professional wrestling? The fans make the sport possible, the wrestlers are the ones that make the fans possible. It is a two-way system and if one of those systems fails, the sport as we know it dies. That is the undoubted importance of the possibility of dream matches in the sport; it is what keeps the wrestling world alive!

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